pooch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dog. informal
    — She’s just been playing with the pooch ever since they got in the field.
  2. A bulge, an enlarged part. countable,informal
    — There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.
  3. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.
  4. A distended or swelled condition. countable,informal,uncountable
    — Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.
  5. The lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area. broadly,countable,informal,uncountable
    — See also: paunch
动词 v.
  1. To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out. informal,intransitive
    — Inflate that tire too much and the tube may pooch out of the cut in the sidewall.

词形变化

pooches plural pooches plural pooches present,singular,third-person pooching participle,present pooched participle,past pooched past

词汇关系

衍生词
poochie screw the pooch poochy

词源

词源 1
Of uncertain origin. One (unsubstantiated) conjecture is that the word comes from Putzi, a common German name given to lapdogs. The name Putzi is possibly formed from German Putz + -i, influenced by German putzig (“funny, cute, small”, adjective).
词源 2
Probably related to pouch.
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